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    The early exploration of Florida started when Ponce de León and Christopher Columbus started another exploration to the Americas. Ponce de León found a close island called Borinquen. When he was there he found large amounts of gold. He left , but he came back again in 1508 because the king wanted him to go back, but explore and colonise the land. He named the island Puerto Rico. He was the governor for two years, but the king wanted Columbus’s son to be the governor. Ponce de León was hurt…

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    The purpose of these objects from the Paleolithic era are identified with ancient worships. In addition, they ornamented the walls of their cave homes with pictures of animals, including mammoths, bison, and deer. The animals in the Lascaux caves are very detailed and show lively animals painted realistically. Shading in the pictures highlights the forms of the animals and makes them appear more authentic. It is mysterious why Paleolithic…

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    Discuss: Martin’s hypothesis of the Pleistocene Overkill states that humans were directly responsible for the extinction of the large mammals in north Eurasia and the Americas during the Late Pleistocene era. Martin observed that there is a connection between the time humans began inhabiting north Eurasia and the Americas, and the extinction of the majority of enormous mammals. The overkill hypothesis states that the predecessors of the Native Americans arrived in North America (approximately…

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    Over the summer I went to Kentucky ,Missouri Arkansas and Texas. When I went to Arkansas I saw the old spanish cave. I got to crawl around the cave it was really cold I was 59 degrees.I had to sleep in the cave and i got wet because water leaked through the ceiling. There was not many crystals It was very muddy I was covered in mud I could not sit in a car. It took 9 hours to get there.Then we went to the craters of diamonds but we did not find any diamonds but we found really cool rocks.…

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    first discovered in the USA in 1929 near a New Mexico town, archaeologists determined that the Clovis sites were 13,500 years old with the use of radiocarbon dating. The first Clovis points were found in ancient campsites along with the remains of mammoth and ice age bison, creatures that researchers knew had died out thousands of years ago. But the discovery dramatically undermined the prevailing wisdom that human beings and these…

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    A NASA shuttle orbiting Jupiter has hit another tangle. The space office said Wednesday that Juno identified an issue, went into protected mode and close off its cameras and instruments hours before it should disregard Jupiter's thick cloud tops. Juno rebooted its installed PC and can speak with Earth, yet its exercises are restricted until designers analyze what turned out badly. "It's too soon to take a figure," however the issue isn't brought on by the exceptional radiation belts…

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    Bitumen Research Paper

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    Oil is usually found deep under ground, but the greater Los Angeles area up through the Santa Barbara area is one of a few places in the world where oil is not just close to the surface, it is on the surface, bubbling in cold pits of bitumen, also known as asphalt and tar. This asphaltum has been important to humans for as long as they have lived in the region. In the past it was primarily used to waterproof boats, water carriers, and cooking vessels or as an adhesive. Now, of course we use…

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    1. Olaf gives insight to his life and past experiences. When Jim the big black sailor enters Olaf’s life, Jim brings out thoughts, feelings, and emotions in Olaf that are unforeseen. 2. The author wants his readers to realize, what time in the decade we were in and what was going on around that time dealing with discrimination. It identifies Jim and Olaf because, it states how Olaf judged Jim so badly just by the way his features were. 3. No reason, his fear of Jim started the hatred. Just…

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    Out of the 1,006,619 square miles of protected area nationally, 132.8 square miles is home to one of the most fascinating dunes in the world. Being made a national monument in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover, The Great Sand Dunes in Colorado was recognized as a national park in 2004. It was made a national monument in 1932 by President Herbert Hoover. It is home to many species of animals and plants, such as the American pikas and Entaphalleas. Through the breaking apart and movement of…

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    Megalodon Research Paper

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    My extinct animal is the megalodon. Not only was the megalodon the biggest prehistoric shark that ever lived,it was the largest marine predator in the history of the planet, vastly outweighing both the modern Great White Shark and ancient reptiles like Liopleurodon and Kronosaurus. Megalodon had a diet befitting an apex predator, feasting on the prehistoric whales that swam the earth's oceans during the Pliocene and Miocene epochs, but also chowing down on dolphins, squids, fish, and even giant…

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